Seeing visited web sites
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Seeing visited web sites
I'm not too computer savvy. Recently my I have been getting porn email which we never got before. My son has been using the computer and I want to see what site he has been visiting. how do i do this?
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If IE click Tools > Internet Options > Browsing History > Settings > View Files
Just to note porn e-mail can come from anywhere unsolicited. It doesn't need a trigger.
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You can use the history botton to see what sites have been visited. You are not going to get porn e-mails by just visiting sites. Chances are his/your e-mail address was picked up from peer-to-peer sites. He might have been lured to enter the e-mail address to "win" a free ipod, or he might have just posted the address and then it was picked up. At this point you need to:
Run a full system check using your anti virus program
Run a full system check using your anti spyware program
If you do not have those programs, let us know. AVG has been recommended by this Forum
Last edited by joeofeg; 06-04-2007 at 03:39 AM.
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Thanks. also, while im on the computer pop ups will appear with porn sites or meet girls ect.ect. I have spy sweeper and i will run that. is that good enough?
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I do not use spy sweeper myself, but it should be good enough.
Here are a couple free program that can help you mange your child access (I do NOT use either one):
http://www.freeshield.com/surfingshield.asp
The above keeps track of your searches and uses that for targeted advertisment.
This second one is from AOL. I tend to trust AOL more, becasue they are big and making money. They should not need to play games and doing things that can damage their reputation:
http://daol.aol.com/safetycenter/par...00170000000053
As I said, I do not use the program and not fully familiar with them. You probably need to spend a few hours to find out how to use them. Also, kids will be a lot more careful once they know thye are being watched.
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